1953 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 22, 1953By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1953 Season Tags: • No Comments

1953 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	Game Status
1	0	0.228	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Davidson 53–0
2	-1	0.258	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Drake 50–0
3	-2	0.277	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Citadel 54–6
4	-3	0.287	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat New Mexico State 47–0
5	-4	0.347	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Oregon State 41–0
6	-5	0.476	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Idaho 34–6
7	-6	0.495	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat West Texas A&M 40–14
8	-7	0.505	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat California 25–0
9	-8	0.545	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Arizona 28–7
10	-9	0.555	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hardin Simmons 20–0
11	-10	0.595	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Washington State 29–13
12	-11	0.614	BYU	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Montana 27–13
13	-12	0.614	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Missouri 20–6
14	-13	0.624	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat South Carolina 20–7
15	-14	0.624	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Villanova 32–19
16	-15	0.624	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas 20–7
17	-16	0.624	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kansas 13–0
18	-17	0.674	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Nebraska 20–12
19	-18	0.684	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wichita State 14–7
20	-19	0.704	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Stanford 25–20
21	-20	0.714	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Florida 20–16
22	-21	0.733	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wake Forest 16–14
23	-22	0.743	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Washington 21–20
24	-23	0.743	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kentucky 7–6
25	-24	1.153	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
26	-25	1.153	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
27	-26	1.153	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
28	-27	1.153	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
29	-28	1.153	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
30	-29	1.153	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
31	-30	1.153	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
32	-31	1.153	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
33	-32	1.153	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
34	-33	1.153	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
35	-34	1.153	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
36	-35	1.153	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
37	-36	1.153	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
38	-37	1.153	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
39	-38	1.153	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
40	-39	1.153	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
41	-40	1.153	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
42	-41	1.153	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
43	-42	1.153	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
44	-43	1.153	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
45	-44	1.153	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
46	-45	1.153	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
47	-46	1.153	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
48	-47	1.153	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
49	-48	1.153	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
50	-49	1.153	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
51	-50	1.153	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
52	-51	1.153	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
53	-52	1.153	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
54	-53	1.153	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
55	-54	1.153	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
56	-55	1.153	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
57	-56	1.153	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
58	-57	1.153	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
59	-58	1.153	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
60	-59	1.153	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
61	-60	1.153	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
62	-61	1.153	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
63	-62	1.153	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
64	-63	1.153	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
65	-64	1.153	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
66	-65	1.153	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
67	-66	1.153	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
68	-67	1.153	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
69	-68	1.153	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
70	-69	1.153	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	65	BYE
71	-70	1.344	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Texas A&M 6–7
72	-71	1.344	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Colorado 20–21
73	-72	1.387	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to William & Mary 14–16
74	-73	1.474	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Rice 16–20
75	-74	1.517	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Pacific 20–25
76	-75	1.604	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Utah State 7–14
77	-76	1.647	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Oregon 12–20
78	-77	1.734	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Shepherd 47–0
79	-78	1.764	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Catawba 44–0
80	-79	1.853	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat South Dakota 35–0
81	-80	1.863	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to TCU 0–13
82	-81	1.863	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Duke 7–20
83	-82	1.863	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to LSU 7–20
84	-83	1.863	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Georgia 19–32
85	-84	1.873	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Newberry 33–0
86	-85	1.873	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat South Dakota State 46–13
87	-86	1.873	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 39–6
88	-87	1.906	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Maryland 6–20
89	-88	1.906	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to BYU 13–27
90	-89	1.923	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Memphis 34–6
91	-90	1.923	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Randolph Macon 28–0
92	-91	1.932	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat North Dakota State 33–6
93	-92	1.942	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Presbyterian 33–7
94	-93	1.993	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to USC 13–29
95	-94	2.012	UTEP	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat SUL Ross State 26–7
96	-95	2.131	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Marshall 7–0
97	-96	2.141	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Colorado College 19–13
98	-97	2.166	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Oklahoma State 0–20
99	-98	2.209	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Utah 7–28
100	-99	2.382	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Baylor 0–25
101	-100	2.425	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Texas Tech 14–40
102	-101	2.512	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to San José State 6–34
103	-102	3.074	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to UCLA 0–41
104	-103	3.333	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Wyoming 0–47
105	-104	3.377	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Tulane 6–54
106	-105	3.463	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Kansas State 0–50
107	-106	3.593	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–53
108	-107	11.031	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to SAN Diego Navy 14–19
109	-108	11.074	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Southern Miss 19–25
110	-109	11.117	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	38	Lost to Cincinnati 7–14